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Criminal to leave country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

congo

'country' is the definition.
(Congo is an example)

'criminal to leave' is the wordplay.
'criminal' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'leave' becomes 'go'.
'con'+'go'='CONGO'

(Other definitions for congo that I've seen before include "Wide river" , "Major central African river" , "Region of central Africa" , "Brazzaville its capital" , "Central African country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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